Downloadable content

This article is considered accurate for the current version of the game.

DLC selection screen in the launcher

Downloadable content (DLC) is content built by Paradox Development Studio as an extension or add-on to Crusader Kings II base game. Players can choose to play with or without a given DLC using a checkbox in the launcher.

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Expansions or Major DLCs are paid expansions that unlock new characters to play or enable new game mechanics.

Following CK2 expansion model, they are normally released alongside major patches that give players most of the new content for free. As such, most DLCs are seen as optional content for players who wish to have a better gaming experience in exchange for some monetary support.

Game Director Henrik Fåhraeus has suggested that development of new expansions for CK2 will be stopped after either the fourteenth or fifteenth major expansion.[1]